Belkin router

Hi,

My B.Band ISP is AOL with a Wired Netgear router which now packed up.

I was given a "Belkin Modem with Wireless G Router", connected everything proper, all Leds on it are lit, BUT does connect on the WEB.

Contacted AOL for help who sent me to belkin whos all Tel. Nos are out of service or dead.

Belkin site gives me:
1. a PDF on how to "Establishing a Connection from PC to Router", did it all BUT still no luck.

2. for AOL ISPs

".......Use our wizard below to find ISP settings for your hardware
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Internet Provider AOL (UK)
Connection Type PPPOE
VPI/VCI 0/38
Encap LLC
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Please ensure that the password for this account is set to 8 letters or less (No uppercase letters, symbols or numbers)
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Are you trying to use the Belkin to dial into the modem? If so, then you need to have the network cable go from the 'internet' port on the Belkin to the modem.

Do you have the instructions for your Belkin?

Thanx,

sorry I do not understand, I have no modem to connect the Belkin to.

My original Netgear WIRED router packed up & am trying to replace it with this Belkin a friend gave me with no manual.

Please note:-
1. The adaptor powering the Belkin is an odd one I found, still 12v but 1A, & have no idea what the correct one should be.
2. My B.Band is not wireless one, only paid for the wired one, although this netgear says wireless on it.
3. Have not been successfull when I typed 192.168.2.1 in address bar to get in the belkin setup.
4. Can you explain too, where does this "Wireless" thing comes in, what is it supposed to connect to wirelesly, the AOL wireless B.Band to which am not subscribed to, or to my wife's ancient PC & my very old Del laptop none of which have wireless on them. I am utterly confused. ..............nick

I managed to get these out of the Belkin:-

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
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C:\Documents and Settings\y>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : FAMILY
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : Belkin
Belkin
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1F-C6-1C-99-02

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Belkin
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit
Ethernet Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1F-C6-1C-9E-AC
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 05 June 2009 20:37:54
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 21 April 1908 14:09:38

Ethernet adapter VirtualBox Host-Only Network:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapte
r
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-00-27-00-74-C8
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.56.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Belkin
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8187 Wireless 802.11g 54M
bps USB 2.0 Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-AF-64-A0-28
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 05 June 2009 20:38:07
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 21 April 1908 14:09:51

C:\Documents and Settings\y>
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What did your Netgear router plug into to get the internets? It's going to be a box of some sort.

That box will likely be your modem.

If the Netgear plugged into your phone line or television cable, then the Netgear was your modem.

In that case, if the Belkin is actually a modem, then it would have to plug into the phone line/cable in place of the Netgear box.

The wireless feature is to allow wireless connection to the Belkin, which means that once you get it properly set up, a laptop or other wireless-capable device could connect to it and use the internets.

Find the model number of the Belkin and Google it along with the keyword "manual" and download the instructions for your (new to you) router.

Thanx again, I do not know what I did & finally after the upteenth time repeating your instructions it seems to work, But I am afraid to switch it off in case I cannot get on the net again.



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